LockDown wrote:
Best tank barb (This will sound crazy but bear with me)
2x Heaven's Wills (In +3 Prayer Scepter)
CoA (Celestial Spheres)
Tyraels (Celestial Spheres)
Immortal Flesh
Soul Drainers
Maras
1x Bul-Kathos
1x Wisp (10% Magic Res)
Max Iron Skin Natural Res Inc Stamina Bo and Shout.
You'll have a level 41~ prayer or so running from 3 sources end game. You could also slap on some laying of the hands gloves to get some Holy Bolt running but not sure how much that would actually heal for.
Its a very rich Barb build but a really good tank.
Also one of the best tanks are Assassins in general because of Fade and Claw Block.
So you're telling me a barb with no block, no extra flat +life or life% mods, and 28% DR is the best tank barb? All that defense and prayer isn't going to mean shit when the high DPS bosses(think ancients, sam, achmel, LoS antiheroes) come a knocking. To effectively tank the hardest endgame bosses you're going to want to stack life, DR%, block, and absorbs(if needed). The only thing I really see that setup has going for it is the high defense, but you're going to need more than just that when you start running into the 5-15k hits some of those bosses are capable of.
As far as tanking the hardest hitting stuff in the game goes; if you have a source of oak&bo, best pure tanks IMO:
1.amazons(evade+dodge+block is amazing)
2.assassins(clawblock&fade, nuff said) and paladins(holyshield, smite's 20% DR, potential 20% abs from salvation)
3.barbs
4.druids
-ES sorc probably deserves a special mention, but I have little experience with them.
Standalone would probably be the barb, maybe a druid.
edit:forgot a huge thing for sins: ez curse immunity.